Search Results: Biography - Military from Riverwood's Books

Toronto: Dundurn Press. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 155002342X . Clean, tight condition. Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings - only very light wear overall. Interior pages clean & tight. Very light edgewear to cover. "It was the decisive battle of World War I. German commander Erich Ludendorff called it "the black day of the German army. " Many authors have stated that it was the beginning of the end of the great conflict. And yet, until now, no book has been published on the climactic battle at Amiens. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Ronsdale Press. Very Good. 2000. Paperback. 0921870779 . Clean, tight condition. Ex-library book with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings. Internal pages clean, a little soiling to outer edges. Light edgewear & scuffing to covers. "A Holocaust memoir by Michel Mielnicki, who survived the camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Mittelbau-Dora and Belsen. Mielnicki takes us from the pleasures and charms of pre-war Polish Jewry (now entirely lost) into some of the darkest places of the 20th century. Includes many black and white photos and a full index. " [428-osl? ] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages .

Da Capo Press. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 0306809583 . Very good - interior pages clean and unmarked, a little light spotting to outer edge of pages. Cover has light corner wear, light scuffing and a little corner curling, price sticker on are. "A powerfully vivid documentary reconstruction of Adolf Hitler's final days". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages; From a Reviewer: "A Fascinating Descent into Madness.......O'Donnell was a Signal Corps captain, and one of the first Americans to enter the bunker in July of 1945. His sleuth style of research, combined with exhaustive interviews of Hitlers inner circle have allowed him to re-create for the reader almost exactly what happened in the last two weeks of April 1945. All the major players are described in detail, and every personality type is present in this underground fortress, with its gasproof design, cast iron doors and two seperate levels. You will feel the desperation of these committed and loyal Nazis… Read More

Avon Books. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. 0380019760 . Reprint. Light edge & corner wear, two small tears by spine. Interior pages clean & tight. "The best personal journal about war, any war, that any writer has ever accomplished....With uncanny precision it summons up the very essence of the war (Vietnam) - its space diction, its surreal psychology, its bitter humor - the dope, the Dexedrine, the body bags, the rot, all of it. "--Chicago Tribune (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Toronto & Oxford: Dundurn Press. Very Good+. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 1550021664 . Softcover edition (same ISBN as hardcover). Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages are clean and intact, light age tanning to page edges, light soiling to outer edge of pages. Cover has minor wear at corners. Molly Lamb Bobak chronicled her wartime service in an illustrated newspaper-style diary - replete with hilarious illustrations of a trip to New York and stories of her close friendship with an old family friend, A. Y. Jackson....the army from the inside as only a girl could see it .... (615,0514) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 156 pages .

Jove. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 0515081760 . Clean, tight condition. Pages unmarked, light age tanning to pages and inside covers. Cover has light wear to corners and creasing to spine. B/w illus. "....after four years of naval warfare against the United States, the Imperial Japanese Navy simply no longer existed, having lost more than 400,000 men, its great carriers and battleships reduced to scrap metal..." (140noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 253 pages; .

Berkley Medallion. Good. 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Cover has moderate edge and corner wear, creasing and light soiling. Small stamp and name written inside front cover. Very light edge stain first couple pages. Pages are otherwise clean. All pages are intact although binding is getting a little fragile. The heroic, exciting story of World War II's most famous pilots - told by the author of God is My Co-pilot. To the Chinese the Hawk-faced leather-skinned American was "Chennote Chiang Chun" and his men were "Tigers" - the family Flying Tigers who plunged into China in 1941 to help in the desperate struggle against the invading Japanese. [110-osl]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Lawrence Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0882081667 . Ex-library with usual stamps & stickers. Light soiling and minimal edgewar on cover. Pages clean & tight. A very nice copy. In this extraordinary story of World War II, the author's father, who enlisted in the army at age 16, describes the experiences that would affect the course of his life. Douglas Valentine tells of his capture by the Japanese in the fetid jungle of New Guinea, as well as his internment with Australian and British prisoners-of-war in the Hotel Tacloban — a place where no mercy was shown or expected, and from which few came home alive. A celebration of camaraderie and a testament to "the soldier's faith", this is a story of murder, mutiny and an incredible military cover-up; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Tab Books. Fine. 1986. Softcover. 0830681957 . Excellent condition, no markings, slight corner creasing on one back corner. Illustrated. 309 pages. A former fighter pilot, whose impressive service record includes 163 combat missions, provides fascinating insight into the realities of the U. S. Tactical Air Forces. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Putting his emphasis on the human element - the "hungry tigers" whose pride, dedication & skills set them apart from ordinary service men - O'Brien includes detailed descriptions of the modern fighter planes, its weapons & ordnance.... (378-noto) .

Orion Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. Book club edition. Hardcover is clean & tight, only marking is a small inscription on endpage. Jacket has moderate edgewear and several small tears/chips. "The story of Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17, whose combat record in the 76 day campaign against the Japanese in the Solomon and Bismarck Islands totaled 154 enemy plans destroyed, surpassing the record of the better known "Black Sheep" led by Pappy Boyington. No less than 13 men in this squadron, including Blackburn himself, became aces, each destroying more than 5 enemy aircraft. " [403-notosl]; 8vo .

CA: Presidio Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 1199349925 . HC/DJ - fine/very good. Assumed to be first edition. Hardcover is clean and unmarked , slight bumping to spine ends. Jacket has light edge and corner wear, edge crinkling, one small closed tear on front, light scuffing. Remarkable account of the life of a Forward Air Controller in the Vietnam war. In his OV-10 Bronco he was the eyes and ears of the attack aircraft, searching out and marking targets, co-ordinating bombing runs and directing close air support. An account of an immensely dangerous role in a low-flying unarmed aircraft. (370noto, 1113) .

Bluejacket/Naval Institute. Very Good+. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 1557509247. . Excellent condition, ex-library with sturdy laminated cover, usual lib markings, only light wear overall, light soiling outer edge of pages, interior clean & tight, interior pages clean. B/w illus. From Booklist: "In 1944, Wingo left her working-class Irish Catholic family in Detroit to join the Waves. Her 18 months of service didn't quite show her the world, but it showed her a great deal beyond her childhood home and faith, taught her about her fellow humans, and saw her assigned to one of the elite Wave units, which trained naval Armed Guard antiaircraft gunners on the West Coast...." (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

England: Penguin. Good+. 1969. Softcover. Cover has light edge and corner wear, small tear to back cover has left a tiny tear to the last few pages. Age tanning to cover and pages. Pages are clean and intact other than mentioned. B/w photos. "Throughout the years of greatest East-West tension every British intelligence effort was jeopardized, because the head of anti-Soviet operations in the Secret Intelligence Service was himself a Soviet agent. In this book three Sunday Times journalists piece together the scarcely credible story of Kim Philby...." (noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Doubleday. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume TWO only. Oblong 4.5" x 6.5". "Navies of the Second World War" series. 152 pages with tables, 8 sketch-plans & 37 bw photos. Hardcover has light wear to corners. Interior clean and intact - may be the occasional small spot. Jacket has light soiling and light edgewear, a few tiny tears and age tanning to edges. Covers the minor surface warships of the Soviet navy during the second WW. [252-osl]; 32mo 4" - 5" tall .

Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press. Near Fine. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0889996091 . Signed/inscribed on half title page: "To___, Very Best Wishes - Good music, and to quote Spock, 'Live long and prosper'. Sincerely, Perry Bauchman, Janaury 18, 1997". Excellent condition, only light wear overall. Light wear to edges/corners, light scuffing of covers. Interior pages clean & unmarked. B/w photos. Perry Bauchman spins this tale of his wartime career with the RCAF, his early neophyte days in Africa; shooting up German road convoys in France; downing buzz bombs over England, fierce dogfights with Messerschmitts and Focke Wolffs, and even his romance with future wife Rosemary; with flair and valor. At war's end he became a lawyer, practised law in several provinces, raised and family and retired to Victoria, British Columbia . (osl) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author .

World Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0529044552 . Hc/DJ - VG/Good. Hardcover is clean with slight fading to spine ends and a couple small spots bottom edge of pages. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings. B/w photos. Dustjacket has scuffing, age tanning, small edge tears and chips and an approx. 3" taped tear on front, not clipped. Intro by George Bailey. The memoir of the legendary spymaster-in-chief, Hitler's head of military espionage in Russia, who, as the war ended, transferred his mammoth files and network of spies to the service of the United States, ultimately to become chief of the official West German intelligence agency. (828) .

London: Secker & Warburg. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. B002STXSDC . Secker & Warburg 1957, first printing. Very good condition. Translated from the French by Harold King. Hardcover is clean, has light edge/corner wear, interior clean and tight, first blank flyleaf missing, light soiling outer edge of pages. Jacket has light edgewear and a few small tears/chips, age tanning of edges. 192 pages. The "handbook of patriotism, " both passionately acclaimed and furiously denounced in France; story of Jean Dutourd, soldier in World War II and novelist. "On June 25, 1940, at the age of twenty years and six months, after having been a soldier for fourteen days, I was taken prisoner. " And so begins this memoir of a celebrated journalist regarding his experiences during World War II. (400) ; 8vo .

Pyramid. Good. 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Internal pages are clean & tight, some soiling inside covers. Cover has moderate edge & corner wear, creasing & corner curling. "An elusive, vicious enemy - alien, treacherous terrain - and the fighting courage of American servicemen - those are the elements of this stirring book of battle adventures in the strangest war this country has ever fought..." [122-osl] .